Garment-supporter.



No. 884,210. 'PATENTED: APR. 7; 1908. i

. B M RICHARDSON GARMENT. SUPPORTER.. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 4,1907.

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UNITED STATES IiTENT OFFICE.

BESSIE MAY RICHARDSON, OF WAXHAW, NORTH CAROLINA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 4, 1907.

Patented April '7, 1908.

Serial No. 400,538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,BEss1E MAY RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wax'haw, in the county of Union and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to garment supporters, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, practical device for supporting the hose and lower arments of women, the device as a whole being adjustable to suit reuirements and finding a support upon the s oulders of the wearer.

With the above and general objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 .is a perspective view of the garment suporter shown applied to the person. Fig. 2

1s a rear perspective view of the garment supprorter. Fig. 3 is a detail section through the ont part of the supporter taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The garment supporter contem lated in this invention compr1ses two main ody portions, 'a front body portion 1 and a rear body portion 2, and each of said body portions is provided with upwardly extending divergent shoulder wings 3 which are connected by shoulder straps 4 passing over the shoulders of the wearer, whereby the su porter as a Whole is carried by the shoul ers and the wei ht of the several garments thrown entire y thereon.

At the front of the garment sulpporter are hose supporters preferably in t e form of elastic straps 5, there being two pairs of such straps and each strap being provided with a suitable clasp 6 ada ted to engage and support the hose. Eac strap 5 passes through one of a pair of loops 7 and is provided with an adjusting buckle 8. The loops 7 are secured in pairs to a pair of tabs 9 and the It wi be I understood that the yoke 10 carries a pair of tabs 9 and that-each tab 9 carries a pair of flexible loops 7 and that each loop carries a hose supporter 5. Thus all the hose supporters are carried by the yoke 10 which is su ported directly by the body part 1.

ecured to the bottom edge of the back part 2 of the body of the device is a yoke piece 11 and to said yoke piece'is secured a plurality of flaps 12 of different sizes and having their lower edges arranged at different elevations, the said flaps being adapted to support a corres onding number of arments along the waist ine at the back, wllich garments may be pinned or otherwise suitably fastened to said flaps, one over the other, thus rendering the application and removal of such garments easy. This also provides a convenient means of anchoring or securing the supporter as a whole u on the person.

Havin thus fully descri ed the invention, what is c aimed as new is 1. The herein described garment supporter embodyin front and back body portions connected y shoulder stra s, a plurality of hose supporters connecte to one of the body portions, and a plurality of flaps overla ping each other-and secured to t e other ody portion of the device and adapted for the support of one or more garments, substantially as described.

2. The herein described garment supporter embodyin front and rear body portions connected y shoulder straps, a plurality of overlapping flaps carried by one of the body portions and providing for the support of one or more garments, a yoke carried y the other body-portion, a plurality of tabs extending downwardly from said yoke, a

1pllurality of loops carried by each tab, and ose supporters suspended from said loops, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SALLIE SLAGLE, R. T. SIsTARE. 

